my soul waits

O God, I have tasted Thy goodness, and it has both satisfied me and made
me thirsty for more. I am painfully conscious of my need of further
grace. I am ashamed of my lack of desire. O God, the Triune God, I want
to want Thee; I long to be filled with longing; I thirst to be made more
thirsty still. Show me Thy glory, I pray Thee, that so I may know Thee
indeed. Begin in mercy a new work of love within me. Say to my soul,
`Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away.' Then give me grace to
rise and follow Thee up from this misty lowland where I have wandered so
long. In Jesus' name, Amen.
TOZER
ALL FOR YOU

needy people

We are a people who pretty much can provide for ourselves....aren't we. Because that is the world we live in...where we go to work, provide for our own food, shelter and 401k, we have become a people who are very self reliant, self dependent and independent from God. We don't FEEL NEEDY...because we aren't. We are capable and doing just fine on our own. But as William Wilberforce said..."Prosperity hardens the heart."
Hosea 13:6 says "when I fed them, they were satisfied; when they were satisifed, they became proud;then they forgot me."

But God addresses this kind of people. Malachi 1 tells us that God is not good with leftover sacrifice, independent living or people who don't really need Him. God is not sitting in heaven, hoping for something from us because that is better than nothing. He is wanting ALL of us. He said, "Oh that there were one among you that would shut the gates, that you might not uselelessly kindle fire on My Altar. I am NOT PLEASED with you, nor will I accept your offerings." God wanted to the temple gates shut because the people were offering halfhearted, lame sacrifices to Him. He was saying He would rather have NO worship than apathetic, lukewarm, halfhearted worship.

Tim Kizziar says..."our greatest fear as individuals and as a church should not be of failure, but of succeeding at things in life that don't really matter."

We would NEVER say out loud....we don't need God. That would be blasphemy. But the reality is that we live like. And it is not until we see our great need for God that we will truly respond to His greatness....and that is when worthy offerings, sacrifices and worship begin. God does not need us. We need Him...and to think otherwise is deception. And while we won't admit it...if we were honest...our lives demonstrate that we live depending ourselves, not realizing our need for Him.

Perhaps it is time to throw ourselves to a God that we desperately need and to respond to His greatness. And to quit working to be what only God can be in our lives....the provision for all we need. Perhaps we should stop working so hard to succeed and work on the things in life that really matter....acceptable sacrifices to Him. This will only come...when we see our need....
We are needy....ALL FOR YOU